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Insects
Insects are hexapod invertebrates that are classed as Arthropoda within the group of anthropod phylum. Insects consist of the largest diversity of animal with more than one million species and account for more than half of all living organisms.
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APR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 08, 2015Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Molting Cicada: A large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male ci ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 10, 2015Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 24, 2015Videos
Exiled from the tropical paradise where they evolved, a tiny population of remarkable stick insects dodged extinction by ...Written By: Greg CruikshankSEP 18, 2014Microbiology
Do you remember the old advertising slogan, "A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine?" Well, if someth ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 14, 2014Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t ...JUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 20, 2014Videos
A strange and oddly beautiful video about a fungi that invades the body of insects to grow and control the insect popula ...Written By: Robert WoodardJUN 11, 2014Plants & Animals
These days, zombies seem to be ubiquitous in popular culture, although the origin of such a creature is somewhat obscure ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 06, 2014Technology
If we present a story with the terms "praying mantis" and "3D", you are probably going to assume you have wandered into ...
APR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2015
Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Molting Cicada: A large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male ci
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 24, 2015
Videos
Exiled from the tropical paradise where they evolved, a tiny population of remarkable stick insects dodged extinction by
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
SEP 18, 2014
Microbiology
Do you remember the old advertising slogan, "A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine?" Well, if someth
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 14, 2014
Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t
...
JUL 07, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 20, 2014
Videos
A strange and oddly beautiful video about a fungi that invades the body of insects to grow and control the insect popula
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
JUN 11, 2014
Plants & Animals
These days, zombies seem to be ubiquitous in popular culture, although the origin of such a creature is somewhat obscure
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAY 19, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 06, 2014
Technology
If we present a story with the terms "praying mantis" and "3D", you are probably going to assume you have wandered into
...